Biodiversity under Threat

Hester, R E (EDT)/ Harrison, R M (EDT)

Royal Society of Chemistry（2007/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 290 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780854042517
• DDC分類 333.95

基本説明

Contents- The extent and future of global insect biodiversity; Tropical moist forests; Drivers and pressures on biodiversity in analytical framewlrks; and more.

Full Description

There is much public concern about threats to global biodiversity. Industrial pollution, changes in agricultural practices and climate change, are all having a direct impact on biodiversity. In this book the Editors provide a broad view of the many pressures imposed by human-induced changes and the many threats to global biodiversity and of the policy responses required to combat them. This excellent text includes the work of some 44 authors and offers a solid description of the current understanding of threats to biodiversity with a range of illustrative examples - a valuable point of reference for ecologists, environmental scientists, and students as well as, policymakers and all other environmental professionals.

Contents

Impacts of agricultural change on farmland biodiversity in the UK;

The extent and future of global insect biodiversity;

Biological invasions in Europe: drivers, pressures, states, impacts and responses;

The deep-sea: if we do not understand the biodiversity, can we assess the threat?;

Threatened habitats: marginal vegetation in upland areas;

Trends in biodiversity in Europe and the impact of land-use change;

Tropical moist forests;

The implementation of international biodiversity initiatives: constraints and successes;

Biodiversity assessment and change - the challenge of appropriate methods;

Drivers and pressures on biodiversity in analytical frameworks;